LESOTHO - Exploring Earth From Space: Lesotho – Small Country Surrounded Entirely by South Africa [SciTechDaily, January 2022]

Title:

Exploring Earth From Space: Lesotho – Small Country Surrounded Entirely by South Africa

 

By:

European Space Agency (ESA)

 

Published:

SciTechDaily, 29 January 2022

https://scitechdaily.com/exploring-earth-from-space-lesotho-small-country-surrounded-entirely-by-south-africa/

 

From the article:

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over northwest Lesotho – a small, land-locked country surrounded entirely by South Africa.

To what extent does climate change affect food insecurity? What we found in Lesotho - by Friederike Otto & Jasper Verschuur

Title:

To what extent does climate change affect food insecurity? What we found in Lesotho

 

Authors:

Friederike Otto 

Associate Director, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford  

&

Jasper Verschuur 

DPhil Student, University of Oxford

 

Published:

The Conversation, 15 March 2021

https://theconversation.com/to-what-extent-does-climate-change-affect-food-insecurity-what-we-found-in-lesotho-156527

 

From the article:

The food security situation in Lesotho can be classified as precarious. The country produces only 30% of maize – the main staple food – domestically. The predominantly rainfed agriculture makes it vulnerable to drought impacts. The remaining maize to meet domestic food demand is being imported from neighbouring country South Africa, with maize prices in Lesotho strongly influenced by maize prices in South Africa.